DICTIONARY EDITORS’ GUIDE

Table of contents

Introduction

what you need

The Editing Procedure

Intoduction

Kasahorow’s mission is to enable local languages remain a viable means of communication for all aspects of life.

One important way of achieving this goal is to do dictionary editing to the various local language dictionaries for use on the kasahorow website (www.dictionary.kasahorow.com).

A simple way to define a noun is to simply indicate what makes the noun different from its hypernym.

For example, you can get a good definition of "dog" by simply indicating that it is a type of its hypernym--domestic animal--and then indicating what makes a "dog" different from all other domestic animals. A way of showing how a noun is different from others is to describe what it does or what it is used for. So, to define a dog in English, it is perfectly acceptable to say:

a dog is a domestic animal.